Svitlana's Smart Moves - How to play with, and against hanging pawns

by Arne Kaehler
3/23/2022 – Last week, the Canadian WIM spoke about the isolated pawn in depth. In this episode, she talks about the hanging pawns, which evenly often occur in similar openings. The dynamic is different, and Svitlana lets us play with both sides again, fighting with, and against the hanging pawns, trying to find the best moves.
Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 34

With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler

Svitlana Demchenko is an 18-year-old, Canadian WIM and chess coach. Here and now, she will teach us plenty of smart moves on the board, ranging from tactics, strategies, openings, and anything else chess related. In the process, I'm happy to be available as a student at club player level, and pester the Women's International Master with questions. Anyone who wants to strengthen their chess skills is welcome to watch, and actively replay the positions from the video, on our chessboard.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Isolani pawn structure b6 10.Qb3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Bb5 Bc6 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.c4 hanging pawns Qc7 16.Rfe1 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Rfd1 another possible rook setup 16...Rad8 16...a6 17.Rac1± 16...e5 17.d5 Bb7± 17.Bb2 Nf8 18.Ne5 18.Rad1 would be a bit slow Qb7 18...Ba8 19.Bf1 Ng6 20.f3 Nh4 21.Bd3? 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Qe3± 21...Nd7 21...Nh5= 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Qf2 Qd8 25.d5! b5 25...exd5 26.Qxh4+- 26.Bc2 Rg8 26...bxc4 27.Ba4! 27.dxe6 fxe6 28.Rad1 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qg5 30.Qg3 Qe7 31.Rd7! 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Mecking,H2562Mareco,S26271–02011E54Campinas Rocha Memorial 1st13
Bachmann,A2555Cornejo,M23831–02009D02Asuncion-A 2nd7

If you like Svitlana's Smart moves, you will certainly enjoy her video lectures about "Surprising your opponents with the Lazy Sicilian", her first Fritztrainer "Understanding Material Imbalances", and her brand new Fritztrainer "The Scotch Game".

In just 60 minutes, you will be well-equipped with a surprise weapon, which will take most of your opponents out of book right from the start.

This DVD focuses on several types of material imbalances, such as Rook vs 2 Pieces, Queen vs 2 Rooks, and Queen vs Pieces.

Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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